YOG2016 – Youth Olympic Games

NEWS from Youth Olympic Games 2016
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Celebrate Sports Culture @YOG2016. 10 days, 1100 young athletes, 3300 volunteers and a lot of great winter sports ...

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Impressions from YOG Lillehammer 2016

NEWS: Get inspired by YOG

What is the difference between the Youth Olympics and the Olympics?

Culture and learning is just as important as sports in the Youth Olympic Games. This is something that separates the YOG from the regular Olympic Games. The athletes must be present in the Lillehammer region all ten days the Games last.

The best young athletes from the ages of 15 to 18 will come to Norway in February. Some of these people will win medals in the Olympics later in life and be the greatest athletes in the world. In Lillehammer, the spectators will have a chance to see them first, before everyone else.

The YOG consists of the same sports that we know from the Olympic Games, but will also introduce new and innovative events, such as monobob and cross-country cross.

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The Program

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Germany wins Alpine Skiing Parallel Mixed Team gold at Lillehammer 2016

Four nations come together at Lillehammer 2016 to win Short Track Speed Skating Mixed NOC Team Relay gold

Slovenia continue Ski Jumping success with gold in the Mixed Team event at Lillehammer 2016

The United States of America’s Chloe Kim wins second gold of Lillehammer 2016 in Ladies’ Snowboard Slopestyle

Norway claim gold in the Men’s Freestyle Skiing Slopestyle at Lillehammer thanks to Birk Ruud

Ashleigh Fay Pittaway wins Great Britain’s second gold of Lillehammer 2016 in Women’s Individual Skeleton

The United States of America’s River Radamus wins third Lillehammer 2016 gold in Alpine Skiing Men’s Giant Slalom

Slovenia confirm Individual Ski Jump double with Bor Pavlovcic taking Men’s gold at Lillehammer 2016

Ema Klinec from Slovenia wins Ladies’ Ski Jump gold at Lillehammer 2016

Polina Tsurskaya wins Ladies’ Figure Skating Free Skating for the Russian Federation

First ever Team Ski-Snowboard Cross gold won by Germany at Lillehammer 2016

Russian duo Anastasia Shpilevaya and Grigory Smirnov win gold in Figure Skating Ice Dance at Lillehammer 2016

Ladies’ Snowboard Cross gold won by France’s Manon Petit at Lillehammer 2016

Russian duo Ekaterina Borisova and Dmitry Sopot win Figure Skating Pairs Free Skating gold at Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games

Jake Vedder wins the United States of America’s seventh Lillehammer 2016 gold in the Men’s Snowboard Cross

Chloe Kim claims United States of America’s second gold at Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games

The United States of America’s Birk Irving claims Men’s Skiing Freestyle Halfpipe gold at Lillehammer 2016

Jiyoo Kim claims Short Track Speed Skating 1000m gold for Republic of Korea at Lillehammer 2016

River Radamus wins United States of America’s first gold medal at Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games

Moa Lundgren of Sweden wins the first gold of Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games

Min Sun Kim takes the Ladies’ 500m Speed Skating gold medal at Lillehammer 2016 Winter Youth Olympic Games

Lindsey Vonn on warming up….

We’re ready for Winter and really want it to get colder right now. When it does, our ambassador Lindsey Vonn has some tips for you on how to get warmed up!

From Lillehammer2016 facebook page

Lindsey Vonn Skiing warm-upWe’re ready for Winter and really want it to get colder right now. When it does, our ambassador Lindsey Vonn has some tips for you on how to get warmed up! :)

Posted by Lillehammer 2016 Youth Olympic Games on Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Silje Norendal…

Silje Norendal might make it look easy, but it takes of focus and determination to reach the top. Listen to Silje Norendal on what goes through her mind while she’s in the air. Glad to have you as an inspiration to the young athletes, Silje. Stay awesome!